Hip Hop Incarcerated
Is having “street” cred is so important for hip hop, wouldn’t someone who?
Since street cred seems to be determined by shooting, being shot, involved in drugs, and being incarcerated
Wouldn’t that make some of the people in the Middle East infinitely more “gangsta” than the fake gangsters we have here?
Drugs? Most of the opium comes from the Middle East. They’re way more involved than anyone here
Crime? It’s much worse over there than the hood. The hood is a joke compared to militant zones in the Middle East
Shootings? Assault rifles and RPGs are a bit more hardcore than shooting a pistol sideways like a retard
If street cred matters so much, shouldn’t we just import some Middle Easterners to rap?
Even someone who is incredibly respected in the hip-hop community like Jay-Z admitted he was wrong when he said the hood is the bottom of the bottom
He was accompanying a UN member in Africa who was trying to set up a water system
Street Credibility is not as important to me as being real, I think people confuse the two.
For example, Lupe Fiasco rides skateboards and watches cartoons. He is being himself, that is real.
50 Cent is talking about shooting people and selling drugs but he lives in a mansion in conneticut, that is fake.
I don’t care what you did, wether you were a babysitter or a murderer, if you are going to rap about it then you should have experienced it.
REMY MA sentenced to 8 years in prison : Exclusive : Papoose
|
|
Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice $9.99 “Paul Butler utilizes his years as a prosecutor and law teacher to dramatically describe this country’s war on crime as one encouraging what it seeks to eliminate, corrupting those commissioned to enforce its laws and, in the process, ruining more lives than it protects. Butler conveys this tragedy with a wry humor and through a careful review of studies, experience, and insight.” –Derrick Bell, … |
|
|
A program designed for youth with incarcerated parents using hip hop music as a therapeutic tool. $69.00 The number of children who experience the incarceration of a parent has continued to rise over the last decade. The effects of parental incarceration on youth have been found to impact their emotional, behavioral, and psychological well being. In addition to these negative effects, youth with incarcerated parents are also more likely to become incarcerated in adulthood (Simmons, 2000). Unfortunate… |
|
|
A Gift for My Sister: A Novel $0.95 From the author of The Christmas Cookie Club, a touching novel about two sisters struggling to understand the meaning of family.A Gift for My Sister is a fast paced, riveting page turner that poses the larger questions of where did I come from, how did I become me, and how do we form a family? It’s a tale told by two fatherless daughters struggling with family curses, eccentric luck, and the co… |
|
|
Incarcerated (Explicit) $12.27 Like other albums from Lil Boosie, Incarcerated dives deep into the troubled soul of a young star on the rise, plagued by his past and living in a corrupted society. Many of the songs on this album were recorded in what Boosie considered his “Last Days.” With the controversy surrounding Lil Boosie’s unexpected legal troubles and questions about his future, Incarcerated is intended to give an insid… |